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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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