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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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