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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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