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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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