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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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