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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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