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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning make it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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