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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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