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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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