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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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