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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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