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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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