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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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