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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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