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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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