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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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