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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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