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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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