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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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