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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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