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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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