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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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