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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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