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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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