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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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