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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. 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. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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