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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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