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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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