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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not 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 topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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