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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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