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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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