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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the 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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