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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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