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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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