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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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