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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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