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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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