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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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