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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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