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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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