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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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