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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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