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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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