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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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