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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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