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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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