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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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