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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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