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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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