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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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