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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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