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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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