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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. 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. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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