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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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