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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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