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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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