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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. 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 usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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