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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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