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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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