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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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