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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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