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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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