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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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