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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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