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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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