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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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