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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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