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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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