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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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