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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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