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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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