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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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