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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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