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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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