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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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