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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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