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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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