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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have enabled students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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