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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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