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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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