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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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