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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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