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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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