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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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