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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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