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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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