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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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