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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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