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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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