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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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