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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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