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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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