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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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