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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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