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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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