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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take 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. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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