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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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