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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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