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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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