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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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