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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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