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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free 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 many topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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