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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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