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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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