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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key 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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