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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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