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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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