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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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