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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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