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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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