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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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