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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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