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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over 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 topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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