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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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