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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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