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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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