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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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