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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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