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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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