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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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