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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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