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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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