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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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