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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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