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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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