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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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