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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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