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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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