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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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