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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to participate 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. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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