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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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