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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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