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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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