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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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