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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). The latest gains in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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