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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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