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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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