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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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