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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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