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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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