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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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