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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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