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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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