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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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