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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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