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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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