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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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