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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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