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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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