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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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