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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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