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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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