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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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