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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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