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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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