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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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