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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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