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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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