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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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