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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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