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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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