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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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