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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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