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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the most important 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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