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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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