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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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