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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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