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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major 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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