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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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