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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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