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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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