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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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