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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. 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. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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