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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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