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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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