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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider 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 certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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