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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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