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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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