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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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