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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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