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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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