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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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