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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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