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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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