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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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