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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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