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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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