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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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