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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also explores the 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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