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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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