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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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