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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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