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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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