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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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