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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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