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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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