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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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