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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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