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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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