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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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