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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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