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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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