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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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