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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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