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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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