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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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