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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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