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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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