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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)