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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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