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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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