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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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