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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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