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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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