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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these open educational initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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