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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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