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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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