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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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