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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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