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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education