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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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