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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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