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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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