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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting 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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