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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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