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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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