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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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