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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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