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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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