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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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