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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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