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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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