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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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