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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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