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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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