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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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