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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive these open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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