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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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