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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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