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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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