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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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