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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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