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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources