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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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