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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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