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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part 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. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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