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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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