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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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