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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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