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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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