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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews 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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