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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. 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 courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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