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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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