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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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