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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. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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