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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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