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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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