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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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