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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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