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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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