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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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