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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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