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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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