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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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