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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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