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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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