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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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