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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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