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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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