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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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