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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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