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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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