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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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