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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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