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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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