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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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