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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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