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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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