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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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