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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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