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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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