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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the 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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