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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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