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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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