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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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