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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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