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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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