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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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