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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world 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 massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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