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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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