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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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