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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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