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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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