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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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