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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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