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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. 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. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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