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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources