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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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