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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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