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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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