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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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