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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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