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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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