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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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