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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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