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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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