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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines 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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