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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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