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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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