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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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