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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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