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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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