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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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