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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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