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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. 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. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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