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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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