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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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