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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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