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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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