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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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