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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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