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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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