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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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