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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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