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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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