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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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