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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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