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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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