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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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