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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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