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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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