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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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