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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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