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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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