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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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