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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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