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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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