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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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