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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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