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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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