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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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