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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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