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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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