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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always 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 lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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