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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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