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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the key 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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