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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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