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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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