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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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