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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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