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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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