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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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