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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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