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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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