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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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