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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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