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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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