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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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