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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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