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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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