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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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