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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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