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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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