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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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