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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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