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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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