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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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