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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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