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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always 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 learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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