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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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