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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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