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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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