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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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