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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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