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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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