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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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