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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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