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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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