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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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