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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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