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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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