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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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