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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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