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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education enable learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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