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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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