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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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