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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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