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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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