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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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