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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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