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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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