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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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