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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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