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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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