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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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