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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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