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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. 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 massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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