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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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