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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the major 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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