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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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