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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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