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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are empowering humans 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 but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive 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 distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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