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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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