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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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