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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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