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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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