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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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