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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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