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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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