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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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