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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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