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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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