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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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