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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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