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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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