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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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