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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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