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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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