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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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