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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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