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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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