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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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