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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses 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 MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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