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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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