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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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