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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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