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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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