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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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