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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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