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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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