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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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