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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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