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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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