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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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