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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses 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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