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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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