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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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