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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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