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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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