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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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