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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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