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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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