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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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