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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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