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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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