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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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