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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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