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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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