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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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