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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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