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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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