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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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