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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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