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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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