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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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