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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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