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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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