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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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