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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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