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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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