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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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