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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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