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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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