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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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