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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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