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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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