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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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