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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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