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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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