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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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