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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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