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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses 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 massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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