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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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