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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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