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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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