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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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