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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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