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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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