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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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