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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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