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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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