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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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