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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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