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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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