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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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