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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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