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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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