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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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