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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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