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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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