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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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