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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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