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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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