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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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