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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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