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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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