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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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