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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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