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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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