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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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