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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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