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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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