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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes 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. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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