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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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