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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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