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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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