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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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