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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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