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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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