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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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