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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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