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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). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education